Anoka Technical College Library Media Center

Advanced Google Search Exercise

Karen Bronshteyn
INFS 1000 Information Access

Nama : Anindhita Naomi Stridaniswari

NIM : 152111313060
Mata Kuliah : MPI Praktikum Week 12

1. Practice finding an authoritative handout.

Go to www.google.com and pretend that this is your information need: you are going to be giving a
presentation to new parents who are interested in knowing if they should be concerned about a
connection between autism and childhood vaccinations. You will provide an overview of research you
have already conducted, but you would like to give them a handout to take with them.

Type the most important key words, autism vaccinations in the search rectangle and submit your search.

Because you have a very specific information need, change your search screen to “advanced” by clicking
on the cog on the right hand side.

You probably want a “PDF” handout that is concise and easy to reproduce on the copier. Scroll down to
the bottom of the page and limit the “File type” to Adobe Acrobat PDF (.pdf) . Click on Advanced
Search. Look at the first page of search results. Are they relevant? Yes Just above your search
results, it notes how many sites your search retrieved. Write that number here: 121.000 . What type
of sites (.edu, .org, etc.) are represented in the first page (top 10) results:
.edu, .com, .gov, .org .
 2. Practice finding an educational powerpoint.

Use the cog again to get to the advanced search screen. Clear out the previous search terms. Pretend
that this is your information need: you want a powerpoint on global warming that you can use as a
visual overview to acquaint yourself with the topic. You want to make sure that it talks about methane
and/or carbon dioxide. You want it to be from an educator, because you know that it is a controversial
topic and you are hoing that an educator will present the most balanced perspective.

Here is a suggestion on how to set up the search on the advanced search page:

In the second line, “this exact wording or phrase,” type global warming . On the third line, “any of these
words,” type methane carbon . Skip down to the “site or domain” line and type .edu to limit the search
to the educational domain. On the “file type” line, choose from the drop-down Microsoft Powerpoint
(.ppt) Click on “Advanced Search”.

Look at the first page of results. Are they relevant? Yes Are they powerpoints? Yes
Are they from .edu sites? Yes Do the titles reveal any potential bias? Yes Above your search
results, it notes how many sites your search retrieved. Write that number here: 866 . Write
down the title of one of the powerpoints in the first page (top 10)
results: GLOBAL WARMING Our Responsibility Towards Climate Change. Next, select the second page
of google results.

Write down the title of one of the powerpoints in the second page (top 20)
results: Global Warming: Will Human-Induced Climate Change .
 3. Reflection on advanced Google searching.

Look at the search rectangle at the top of the search screen and note how your advanced search has
been translated into command language. You can use this language in future searches without using the
Advanced Search screen.

What is the command language for searching by file type? filetype: (ex: filetype:pdf)

For searching by domain? site: (ex: site:.edu)

Which of the search strategies used on this worksheet is likely to help YOU the most in your academic
research? The first and second strategies.

KB 02/12/14